ALAN ARMSTRONG ATTORNEY AT LAW ATLANTA, GRORGIA 00041 slan@alanarmsteonglanecom PAX (770) 451-0917 ‘worwalanarmscronglas.com October 11, 2018 Via Email Kathleen silbaugh@ntsb.gov Via Facsimile 202-314-6090 Via FedEx Kathleen Silbaugh, General Counsel National Transportation Safety Board 490 L’Enfant Plaza East, S..W. Washington, DC 20594 Re: NTSB Aviation Accident Preliminary Report No. ERA18FA231 Dear Ms. Silbaugh: ‘The undersigned is counsel to Air Star Flight Support, Inc., the fixed based operator and maintenance facility operating on the Swainsboro Airport. Air Star Flight Support employees one or more mechanics who perform maintenance on aircraft on the airport. Reference is made to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Aviation Accident Preliminary Report No. ERAISFA231 (hereinafter “the Report”). In the fifth sentence in the third paragraph of the Report, the following language appears: The parachute rigger saw the mechanic and the pilot working on the airplane, and (sie) later told the parachute rigger that they decided to use “fuel cell tape” over the fuel filler port. There is a missing word after the word “and” and before “later.” The news media has been reporting, incorrectly, that this statement is attributed to the mechanic when that is untrue. To be clear, a typographical error or scrivener’s error in the report has led the news media to reach the incorrect conclusion that this statement is attributed to the mechanic. Request is made that the NTSB revise the fifth sentence in the third paragraph of its Report and in doing so, declare that there by no attribution to the mechanic with regard to the content of the fifth sentence of the third paragraph of the report. On behalf of Air Star FlightKathleen Silbaugh General Counsel, NTSB October 11, 2018 Page 2 Support, Inc., the employer of the mechanic, demand is made that the NTSB correct and clarify the content of the fifth sentence of the third paragraph of the report. Respectfully, A a bard Alan Armstrong, AAKiw ce: Robert Barker, President Air Star Flight Support, Inc.